Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Mentioning the cosmetic, Shangguan Yue's lips twitched slightly, but she quickly recovered and smiled, saying, "Your Highness, what are you saying? If Your Highness likes it, I will have some sent to your residence later."

Su Yu put down her teacup and looked at her with an unreadable expression: "I don't think I'm that familiar with Miss Shangguan. If Miss Shangguan has something to say, it would be better to speak frankly."

Su Yu thought about it and realized that she didn't seem to have any major grudges against Shangguan Yue. In fact, Shangguan Yue was the one who started the trouble at the plum banquet last time.

This person is also on good terms with the Ninth and Tenth Princesses. Last time in the Imperial Garden, Su Yu slapped the Tenth Princess, so we must be wary of this person.

"..." Shangguan Yue's expression stiffened slightly: "If Your Highness is still resentful about the Plum Banquet, I will toast Your Highness with this cup of wine."

"Are you saying that I am narrow-minded?"

"No... I misspoke... I respectfully addressed Your Highness."

Fearing she might say something wrong and displease Su Yu, Shangguan Yue drank three cups of wine as an apology.

Su Yu: "Today is a joyous occasion for Prince Rui, Miss Shangguan, you should simply attend the ceremony."

After the ceremony, noble ladies came one after another to talk and chat with Su Yu.

The Ninth Princess and the Tenth Princess both came today, but they didn't cause any trouble, which surprised Su Yu.

Su Xin and Xiao Lanzhi strolled to the kitchen in the backyard without anyone else in tow. Xiao Lanzhi explained that the two of them would be less conspicuous.

Two figures were crouching at the foot of the window, furtively prying open the window a little and reaching in to steal a chicken leg.

Xiao Lanzhi handed the chicken leg to Su Xin: "I heard that Prince Rui specially hired a chef for this wedding. Second Miss, please try it and see how it tastes."

Holding the chicken leg in her hand, Su Xin twitched her lips and looked at him with an expression as if he were an idiot, asking, "We were invited here, why did we have to sneak in?"

"..." Xiao Lanzhi scratched his head and said seriously, "I just think it tastes better this way."

"Really?" Fang Xin took a bite of the chicken leg and savored it carefully. "Hmm, it tastes really good."

Actually, what she was thinking was: since he's so childish, I might as well play along with him.

Then the two of them would stand at the foot of the wall, and as the cook inside prepared a dish, they would steal a bite.

If they hadn't run fast, the cook would have caught them.

"Ha ha……"

The two ran outside to the pavilion and burst into laughter.

A passing servant even brought them some food.

They had been running all the way and hadn't thought much about it, so they picked up the servant's pastries and started eating.

By this time, it was already late, and the Prince Rui's mansion was already shrouded in the dazzling night sky.

After eating the pastries, Su Xin felt a little dizzy. She shook her head and asked, "Xiao Lanzhi, why do I feel like my vision is blurry?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Lanzhi placed the unfinished pastries on the table.

Being a martial artist after all, he shook his head, which was also feeling a bit dizzy, and looked around the courtyard, realizing that something was wrong.

His first reaction was to take Su Xin away.

He grabbed Su Xin's hand and took only two steps, but Su Xin was already overwhelmed by the drug's effects and collapsed to the side.

Due to inertia, Xiao Lanzhi, who was already weak, couldn't hold onto Su Xin and fell to the ground with her.

Xiao Lanzhi raised his head, trying to get up, but something heavy hit the back of his head, and he completely lost consciousness.

Then, several maids and servants came in and took them away one by one.

Xiao Lanzhi was thrown directly out of the window of Prince Rui's bridal chamber.

Su Xin was carried to a room.

The maidservant acted quickly, stripping Su Xin of her clothes, while someone else was still lying on the bed.

Judging from his attire, he seems to be one of the most common servants in Prince Rui's mansion.

After covering them with blankets, the maids quickly left.

Su Yu was so entangled with those noble ladies that she couldn't get away, and even Xiao Jingqi was doing the same.

During the conversation, Su Yu looked around but didn't see Su Xin anywhere. She suddenly had a bad feeling.

Looking at the Ninth and Tenth Princesses, their nonchalant expressions only intensified Su Yu's premonition.

Su Yu gestured for Yan'er to go look for her, and just then Yun Jie arrived and told her that Su Xin was missing.

Yan'er understood and quickly led Mo Jiu to search for people in the mansion.

Su Yu waited anxiously, but Yan'er returned after searching around and shook her head, indicating that the person was gone.

Mo Jiu also informed Xiao Jingqi that they could not find any trace of Xiao Lanzhi.

Su Yu stood up from the crowd and rubbed her forehead: "Everyone, I've had a bit too much to drink, please excuse me for a moment."

Even now, Shangguan Yue still wanted to stop her, but Su Yu's gaze suddenly turned cold: "I need to go to the outhouse, does Miss Shangguan want to come with me?"

Shangguan Yue reluctantly withdrew her hand: "Then Your Highness, please be careful."

Shangguan Yue was probably still feeling guilty, and her voice grew softer and softer.

"No need for Miss Shangguan to trouble herself."

Su Yu brushed aside her clothes and turned to head to the backyard. Although she was being supported by Yan'er, it was clear that her steps were unsteady.

Upon entering the backyard, Su Yu immediately transformed into a different person, instructing Yan'er, "Let's split up and search."

Xiao Jingqi also managed to break free of the entanglement and met up with Su Yu in the backyard.

"Yu'er, don't panic. This is the Prince Rui's residence. No one should be so bold as to commit such a crime," Xiao Jingqi reassured her.

"What I'm afraid of isn't that someone committed the crime, but that they have ulterior motives. Okay, let's split up and search."

No sooner had they left than someone went to the front hall to report that there had been thieves.

The entire Prince Rui's Mansion was immediately placed under martial law.

The guards searched everywhere with torches.

Perhaps Xiao Lanzhi was worried that something had happened to Su Xin, or perhaps he was disturbed by the sound of the guards searching.

Xiao Lanzhi slowly woke up, raised his hand and touched a pile of broken stones on the ground, and struggled to get up.

At that moment, Jinluo, who was in the bridal chamber, heard the noise, walked to the bedside and opened the window, and saw Xiao Lanzhi standing up unsteadily.

A trail of blood, flowing backwards, could also be seen on his forehead, running across his entire face.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Lanzhi hadn't come to his senses yet. He shook his head and, without even clearly seeing Jinluo's face, asked, "Miss, have you seen Second Miss Su?"

Just as Jinluo was about to ask what had happened, a maidservant came from the doorway behind her: "Your Highness, I heard there's been a thief in the palace. Are you alright?"

Jin Lu pulled the veil off completely, glanced at Xiao Lanzhi, and quickly replied, "I'm fine."

"Then Your Highness, please stay in your room and do not come out."

Once she was sure the maid had left, Jinluo asked Xiao Lanzhi, "Your Highness, what exactly happened?"

Xiao Lanzhi pondered for a moment, then rubbed his head and said, "I'm fine. I probably just ran into some thieves. Miss Su Er got separated from me. I'll go look for her first."

Xiao Lanzhi covered his head and staggered away.

Jinluo opened the door and summoned her personal maid to quickly find out what had happened.